Biden praises economy, spars with GOP in State of the Union

<p>USA TODAY White House Correspondent Joey Garrison recaps President Joe Biden's <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/08/5-takeaways-president-joe-bidens-state-union/11155156002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">State of the Union</a>.</p><p>House Republicans ramp up <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2023/02/06/hunter-biden-investigation-house-hearing/11162407002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">investigations</a> surrounding President Joe Biden.</p><p>The death toll rises to 9,500 in this week's Middle Eastern <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2023/02/07/turkey-syria-earthquake-death-toll-updates/11201023002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">earthquake</a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2023/02/07/zoom-layoffs-2023-eric-yuan/11204391002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Zoom</a> will layoff 1,300 people.</p><p>USA TODAY NBA Reporter Jeff Zillgitt gives some context for Lebron James' scoring <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/lakers/2023/02/07/lebron-james-breaks-nba-all-time-scoring-record-passes-kareem/11198721002/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">record</a>.</p><p><br></p><p>(Audio: Associated Press)</p><p>Episode Transcript <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/02/08/biden-sotu-recap-lebron-james-breaks-scoring-record-5-things-podcast/11210246002/?utm_source=podcast&amp;utm_medium=show-description&amp;utm_campaign=5things" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">available here</a></p><p>Also available at <a href="https://art19.com/shows/5-things" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">art19.com/shows/5-Things</a></p><p>See Privacy Policy at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy</a> and California Privacy Notice at <a href="https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info</a>.</p>